It's Morning Edition from NPR News, I'm Steven Skip, and I'm Rena Mountain, good morning. The fate of a 21-year-old ban on commercial whaling is at stake. That ban is on the agenda of this week's annual meeting of the International Whaling Commissio

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For many people in America, yesterday was a day off school or work. The holiday became official on the third Monday of January in 1986, after President Ronald Reagan had signed it into law more than two years earlier. But in recent years, the U.S. go

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Nigerian President Umaru Yar'Adua dismissed 20 cabinet ministers in a government shake-up following growing criticism of the government's performance in the past 18 months. The administration has made little progress in the sectors the president set

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塞内加尔推行生育间隔 或可减少贫困 On a busy day at the Fith Mith Clinic in a suburb of Gudiawaye, just outside of Dakar, MamyDiop had just given birth to her third child, only one year and three months after the previous.She did not k

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California Governor Orders Mandatory Water Cuts 加州州长命令强制削减用水 WASHINGTON Environmentalists warn the world is facing serious water shortages and the United States is no exception. While parts of the country may get too much snow

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DC Exhibit Brings Renaissance Master Out of the Shadows With 44 paintings on display until May 3, the National Gallery of Art is introducing Piero di Cosimo to the public. Piero has never had a major retrospective, ever in the United States or Italy,

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The Mariana Trench is the deepest spot in the worlds oceans. Only three humans have ventured into the trench in submersibles. But plenty of our pollution has made the voyage to the bottom of the sea: a new study finds that critters living more than s

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By Kari Barber Dakar 28 November 2006 Top officials from one of the world's poorest nations, Guinea Bissau, met in Senegal recently to form a strategy to alleviate persistent poverty. In the informal meeting, representatives from donor nations and a

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By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 25 January 2007 Suspected armed militants attacked a Chinese oil company in the Southern Nigeria state, Bayelsa, Thursday, kidnapping at least two Chinese workers. From Abuja, Gilbert da Costa reports the latest hostage-tak

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Following Asia's lead, European markets are down Thursday due to persistent worries about the length and depth of the unfolding global recession. In Britain, yet another large central bank interest rate cut was announced to combat the downward econo

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The mass killing of Armenians by Ottoman Turks beginning in 1915 remains an emotional issue. A major U.S. congressional panel has described the massacre as genocide. In this report from Washington, Senior Correspondent Andr de Nesnera looks at the ra

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Stock prices rose on many of the world's markets Tuesday after a report that troubled Citigroup posted its best financial performance in more than a year in the first two months of 2009. Citigroup headquarters in New York (file photo) An internal me

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Washington Week: Focus Turns to US-Pacific Ties North Koreas latest nuclear test will be a prime topic of discussion between President Barack Obama and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. The actions taken by North Korea cannot be permitted or condon

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Electoral observers from the European Union say Sunday's vote in Guinea-Bissau met international standards for democratic elections. It was a vote to replace long-time leader Joao Bernardo Vieira, who was killed by mutinous troops five months ago. T

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Cantor Resigns House Leadership Post After Shocking Election Loss 众议员领袖康托在选举失利后辞职 CAPITOL HILL House Majority leader Eric Cantor -- the second most powerful man in the U.S. House of Representatives -- has been unexpected

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US Takes Different Approach to Africa than China 美国将采取异于中国的非洲参与路线 WHITE HOUSE President Barack Obama's effort to engage Africa brought together the largest summit of African leaders ever held in Washington. But China h

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SCOTT SIMON, HOST: You would expect a trip into space would change a person - their heart, their soul, but their eyeballs? For years, a north Texas doctor has been trying to find out what causes this vision change among astronauts. Her latest researc

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By Scott Stearns Marrakech, Morocco 03 November 2009 U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is trying to quiet Arab complaints about her praise for an Israeli offer to limit Jewish settlements on the West Bank. Palestinian leaders say the Israeli o

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Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf has made his first public remarks since political opponents announced their intention to impeach him. In a televised speech marking Pakistan's 61st independence anniversary, the president called for political re

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By Lisa Schlein Geneva 02 May 2006 Environmentalists are calling for the elimination of the toxic chemical, DDT, which is still used in large parts of Africa to combat malaria. The continued use of DD

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